Not Here / Not Now
{{short description|2013 live album}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Not Here / Not Now
| type = live
| longtype = (double album)
| artist = Swans
| cover = Not Here Not Now cover.jpeg
| alt = A drawing of a claw hammer smashing the word "NOW"
| caption = Cover art of the 619th pressing
| released = {{Start date|2013|9|14}}
| recorded = February 15, 2013 (track 7)
May 24, 2013 (tracks 1–6)
| venue = Corner Hotel, Melbourne (track 7)
Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain (tracks 1–6)
| studio =
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=109|s=17}}
| label = Young God
| producer = Michael Gira
| prev_title = The Seer
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = To Be Kind
| next_year = 2014
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Pitchfork Media
}}
Not Here / Not Now is a limited-edition double live album by American post-rock band, Swans. It was announced for sale on October 14, 2013, via Young God Records. The profits earned from this album were used to fund the band's subsequent album, To Be Kind.{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/52639-swans-funding-new-album-with-live-record-and-more-michael-gira-will-write-a-song-about-you/ | title=Swans Funding New Album With Live Record and More, Michael Gira Will Write a Song About You | publisher=Pitchfork | date=October 14, 2013 | accessdate=October 15, 2013 | author=Pelly, Jenn}}{{cite web | url=http://louderthanwar.com/swans-name-their-upcoming-live-album/ | title=Swans name their upcoming live album and upcoming UK dates | publisher=Louder Than War | date=July 17, 2013 | accessdate=October 15, 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/swans-announce-some-details-on-a-new-live-album-plan-to-record-studio-lp-in-october-and-more | title=Swans announce some details on a new live album, plan to record studio LP in October, and more! | publisher=Tiny Mix Tapes | date=July 16, 2013 | accessdate=October 15, 2013 | author=Micah, Jared}}{{cite web | url=http://www.factmag.com/2013/10/14/swans-release-new-live-album-not-here-not-now-profits-will-fund-follow-up-to-the-seer/ | title=Swans release new live album Not Here / Not Now, profits will fund follow-up to The Seer | publisher=Fact | date=October 14, 2013 | accessdate=October 15, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/swans_release_live_double_album_not_here_not_now_launch_crowdfunding_campaign_for_new_album |title=Swans Release Live Double Album 'Not Here / Not Now |publisher=Exclaim! |date=October 14, 2013 |accessdate=October 14, 2013}}
Background
The live album, which consists of 2000 copies, was primarily recorded during the band's appearance at Primavera Sound 2013 festival in Barcelona, with closer "Nathalie Neal" taken from their show in Melbourne earlier that year. It features live versions of The Seer,{{cite web |url=https://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sashafrerejones/2013/10/the-long-game.html |title=The Long Game |last=Frere-Jones |first=Sasha |author-link=Sasha Frere-Jones |work=The New Yorker |date=October 16, 2013 |publisher=Condé Nast Publications}} a live version of "Coward" from their 1986 album Holy Money, new unrecorded songs, and two "crude acoustic demos of songs for the upcoming studio album". The cover art, which was drawn by artist Nicole Boitos, was uniquely "further drawn upon, personalized and signed by Michael Gira" for each copy.{{cite web | url=https://www.spin.com/2013/10/swans-not-here-not-now-live-album-fundraiser-custom-song/ | title=Swans Will Write You a Song to Fund Their Next Album | publisher=Spin | date=October 14, 2013 | accessdate=October 15, 2013 | author=Martins, Chris}}{{cite web | url=http://thequietus.com/articles/13604-swans-not-here-not-now-live-album | title=Swans Release Live Album | publisher=The Quietus | date=October 14, 2013 | accessdate=October 15, 2013 | author=Tuffrey, Laurie}}{{cite web | url=http://www.terrorizer.com/news/news-news/swans-release-live-album-fund-new-record/ | title=Swans Release Live Album To Fund New Record | publisher=Terrorizer | date=October 15, 2013 | accessdate=October 15, 2013}}
Along with the live album, various other options are available with special offerings for different monetary alternatives, including an "executive producer" credit on the band's new album or "video of a simple, short, original song, acoustic guitar and voice, with customers' name in the song, praising the customer, his or her ancestors, thoughts, dreams, and future or past lives, forever", written and sung by Gira. Other offerings include VIP guest list status to the band's one of the upcoming concert shows or a printed poster.{{cite web | url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/10/swans-release-live-album-proceeds-fund-new-studio-album-due-in-2014/ | title=Swans release live album to fund new studio album, due in Spring 2014 | publisher=Consequence of Sound | date=October 14, 2013 | accessdate=October 15, 2013 | author=Young, Alex}}{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/news/swans/73224 | title=Swans offer to write songs 'praising your family' in order to fund new album | publisher=NME | date=October 15, 2013 | accessdate=October 15, 2013}}
The album shares its name with the title of a song from Angels of Light's 2007 record, We Are Him.
Critical reception
Stuart Berman of Pitchfork Media praised the album, stating: "Of the songs featured on Not Here/Not Now, only three have appeared on previous recordings. And any worries that Swans are showing too much of their hand are defused by the fact that new Swans songs rarely make it from the stage to record in the same form, and, once officially released, mutate even further in subsequent performances."
Track listing
;Disc one
{{Track listing
| title1 = To Be Kind
| length1 = 16:53
| title2 = Just a Little Boy
| length2 = 10:03
| title3 = Coward
| length3 = 7:23
| title4 = She Loves Us!
| length4 = 15:13
| title5 = Oxygen
| length5 = 7:20
| total_length = 56:52
}}
;Disc two
{{Track listing
| title6 = The Seer" / "Bring the Sun" / "Toussaint L'Ouverture
| note6 = Later recorded as "Bring the Sun" / "Toussaint L'Ouverture"
| length6 = 44:31
| title7 = Nathalie Neal
| length7 = 7:54
| total_length = 52:25
}}
;Bonus tracks
{{Track listing
| title8 = Kirstin Supine
| note8 = demo
| length8 = 5:18
| title9 = Screen Shot
| note9 = demo
| length9 = 4:53
}}
Personnel
- Michael Gira – guitar, vocals
- Christoph Hahn – double lap steel guitar, guitar
- Thor Harris – drums, percussion, vibes, clarinet, melodica, violin, Gizmos
- Christopher Pravdica – bass guitar, Gizmos
- Phil Puleo – drums, Appalachian dulcimer, Gizmos
- Norman Westberg – guitar
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131014203620/http://shop.younggodrecords.com/not-here-not-now-handmade-release Not Here/Not Now on Young God Records]
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